Navy Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Chen Yung-kang (陳永康) yesterday defended embattled Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Vice Admiral Shen Po-chi (申伯之), whom a newspaper article on Monday said lead a naval delegation to a local strip club during a stay in Honolulu, Hawaii, five years ago.
The article, which appeared in the <
Chen said the US Navy's invitation to board the USS <
"Approval from the Pentagon is required before foreign officers can board a nuclear submarine and our delegation did not get that approval," Chen said during yesterday morning's legislative National Defense Committee meeting after being queried by Chinese Nationalist Party Legislator Lin Nan-sheng (林南生) on the allegations against Shen.
Chen said the invitation had been made by a US Navy captain and did not constitute an official invitation. It was never approved by the Pentagon so it was never likely to happen.
The <
In a communique released by the Naval Command Headquarters late on Monday night, Shen said he had led the delegation to a "regular tourist nightclub" and regretted what he had done.
Chen would not say whether Shen had been reprimanded for his actions. As per the official code of conduct, the nation's military personnel are barred from visiting nightclubs.
Taiwan is stepping up plans to create self-sufficient supply chains for combat drones and increase foreign orders from the US to counter China’s numerical superiority, a defense official said on Saturday. Commenting on condition of anonymity, the official said the nation’s armed forces are in agreement with US Admiral Samuel Paparo’s assessment that Taiwan’s military must be prepared to turn the nation’s waters into a “hellscape” for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Paparo, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, reiterated the concept during a Congressional hearing in Washington on Wednesday. He first coined the term in a security conference last
Prosecutors today declined to say who was questioned regarding alleged forgery on petitions to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators, after Chinese-language media earlier reported that members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Youth League were brought in for questioning. The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau confirmed that two people had been questioned, but did not disclose any further information about the ongoing investigation. KMT Youth League members Lee Hsiao-liang (李孝亮) and Liu Szu-yin (劉思吟) — who are leading the effort to recall DPP caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) — both posted on Facebook saying: “I
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,912) for advertisements that exceed its approved business scope, requiring the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license may be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter enforcement of Chinese e-commerce platforms and measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan in response to US President Donald Trump’s heavy tariffs on China. The Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee met today to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) said
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,900) for advertisements that exceeded its approved business scope and ordered the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license would be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter supervision of Chinese e-commerce platforms and more stringent measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan as US President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on origin laundering. The legislature’s Finance Committee yesterday met to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report on the matter. Democratic Progressive Party
RSS